Doup heddle



Oct. 4! R. H. FISH DOUP HEDDLE Fil'ed May 22, 1925 INVENTOR I BY IATTORNEY v 20 specifically pointed out in the appended the weaving ofdrapery cloths, the three end Patented Oct. 4, 1927.' g i g I I I. I i.UHTED STATES PATENT OFFECE; j

" RICHARD H. FISH, or FALL RIVER, iirAssAcnnsn'rrs. i 7' .DOUPHEDDLE.Application filed May 22 1925. Serial No. 32,;67. i

This invention relates to a doup heddle doup and head. In the type ofleno; for composed of a wire doup, a standard heddle securing the threeend leno jacquard effect, 7 7 having two eyes therein through which thethe ground makes it possible to. weave limbs of the do'up pass, and aslotted drop elaborate patterns having the appearance of V having'an eyetherein and a slot leading to. cloth woven on a Jacquard loom.. The 'ef-60 the eye so that the loops formed at the ends fects are produced on adobby loom. Only of the limbs of the doup can be placed in the one set vof doups is required. I The pattern 1' eye of the drop, the main slot inthe drop is made from one doup and two ground ends; receiving a barwhichis carried by a skele- During the weaving of the ground cloth,

ton harness frame, thus providing means the doup, standard, back andground har- 5 whereby the doup can be formed of wire and nesses will beraising and falling in plain can be easily and quickly detached from theorder. If the extra ground end is taken drop, if the doup should break,so that a new from-the woven cloth, the doup andremainv doup can besubstituted for thebroken one. ing end will run together. This weaveisThis invention also consists in certain called the half and returnmovement. 70

other features of construction and in the There is nothing. new aboutthis weave, combination and arrangement of the several but the figuredeffect did not find much favor parts, to be hereinafter fully described,illuswhen cotton filling was used. Since artitrated in the accompanyingdrawings and ficial' silk filling has become the vogue, in

claims. leno' is a good'selling cloth. It is the use In describing theinvention in detail, of artificial silk-in the place of cotton asfillreference will be had to the accompanying ing that isgivingthecloth'a good demand. drawings wherein like characters denotelike The only objectionable feature in the or corresponding partsthroughout the sev- Weaving of these cloths is the breaking or eralviews, and in which j Wearing out of the worsted doups; they do Figure 1shows the improvement in use. not last very longand when they commenceFigure 2 is a perspective view of the drop. to break the weaver is keptbusy tying-in As shown in these views, the doup heddle new doups. Hence,the reason why weavers is formed of three parts, the drop 1, the doupare not expected to operate many looms, two 8 5 and the standard heddle7 th doup 5 belooms to the weaver being about'the limit. ing formed ofwire which is bent upon itself With the improved doup a weaver can runto form a substantially U-shaped member, six looms and increase theproduction 15%. the limbs of which pass through the loops It is to beunderstood th Ch ng s m y be or e 8 form d t th ntral a t of th made inthe construction and in the comstandard heddle 7. Each limb of the doupis 3 bination and arrangement of the several formed with a loop A} andthe drop 1 is proparts, provided such changes fall within the vided withan eye 2 at its upper end and scop of What is claimedwith a slot 3 whichslopes downwardly from {What is claimed is 1 40 the eye through an edgeof thedrop so that In a device asset forth, the combination the loops 4of the, doup can be passed with a standard heddle provided with a pairthrough this. slot into the eye. Thus the of adjacent loopssubstantially intermediate doup is detachably connected with the drop,the ends of the pedal, of a doup formed of so that it can be easilyreplaced by a new one wire and consisting of opposed parts passif thedoup should break. The drop is pro' ing through said loops, certaincorrespond vided with an elongated slot 6 which is ing ends of theopposedparts of the doupadapted toreceive a rod carried by a spehaving.loops, and a slotted drop capable of cial harness frame which isenclosed on both vertical movement provided with aneye at sides and endsand contains nothing but the one end and a slot adjoining and opening 0rod. The drop slides on this rod. into the eye, whereby the loops of theop- This invention is mainly designed for leno posed parts of the doupmay engage with weaving to secure jacquard patterns on a' the eye of thedrop through the medium ofdobby loom, it being understood that the theslot which adjoins said eye. warp threads pass through the doup. Intestimony whereof I afiixmy signature. This wire doup is to replace theworsted r RICHARD H.'FISH.

